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A. s. RUSSELL.

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Patented Mar. 21,1882,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ASA S. RUSSELL, OF ELLENVILLE, NEW YORK.

SLED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 255,197, dated March21, 1882, Application filed January 19, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern v Be it known that I, ASA S. RUSSELL, acitizen of the United States, residing at Ellenville, in the county ofUlster and State of New York, have invented an Improved Sled, of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to strengthen and stiffen the frame of asled or sleigh and relieve the wooden board or seat of nearly allstrain.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings shows my sled in side elevation,and Fig. 2 an inverted plan, while Fig. 8 is a plan of the iron framewith the board or seat removed.

A is the frame, comprising the runners B B, and O is the board or seat.The frame A is constructed of two bars of iron, each forming one runner.Each bar is attached to the front of the board at a, extends thenceforward to b, is bent thence downward in a curve, and passes backbeneath the sled, forming thereby the runner B. At the back of the sledit is bent and extends upward, preferably at an angle, as shown at c, tothe board 0, to which it is fastened at d. It extends thence underneaththe board diagonally across the same until it meets and crosses theother bar at e, where the two are fastened together and to the board;and it extends thence diagonally forward, downward, andoutward to theopposite runner, on which its end rests atf, and to which it is fixed bybolting orotherwise. The diagonal portions of the two bars, between thepoints d d and their intersection at e, are lettered gg, and theirdiagonal inclined portions, extending from eto their ends atff, arelettered h h. The two diagonal portions h it serve to resist the upwardstrain on the runners in coasting caused by striking 'hillocks andjolting over irregular places, and

also to hold the runners at the points ff at the proper distance apartand resist any lateral strain tending to bend either toward the other.

The two diagonal portionsg g serve as especi-aliy at the lastenin gs dd, where the runners terminate. These defects are avoided i l myconstruction, the result being that my sled will endure much harderusage and will wear longer without breaking or becoming deterioratedthan those heretofore devised.

The frame A might be constructed of one bar of iron instead two byestablishing a crossconnection between the points a a, this portionbeing the middle of the bar before bending.

I claim as my invention- 1. A sled consisting of the combination of theboard (3 with a frame, A, the latter consisting of a bar or bars bent toform runners B B, and having diagonal portions gg, extending closebeneath the board, meetingeach other, and inclined diagonal portions hh, extending from the point of intersection forward,- outward, anddownward to the runners, terminating thereon and fixed thereto, wherebya diagonal brace is formed to stifien the runners, substantially as andin the manner set forth.

2 A sled consisting of the combination of a board, 0, and two runners, BB, attached to the board at its opposite ends, and each runner prolongedbeyond its rear pointot' attachment, extending thence diagonally closebeneath the board, crossing the prolongation of the other runner, anddescending thence diagonally forward and outward to the opposite runner,terminating thereon and fixed thereto,

name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ASA S. RUSSELL.

Witnesses:

JOHN L. Cox,

CALVIN DU Bors.

